Rat/Cancer and Dog/Taurus come in at 78-83%. Nothing overlaps on paper between Rat/Cancer and Dog/Taurus, so the reading turns on how well two genuinely unrelated temperaments actually get along.
Rat/Cancer loves protectively and forgets nothing, and Dog/Taurus loves slow, warm, and for keeps. Rat/Cancer brings sharp instincts for people and for money; Dog/Taurus brings steady loyalty and a reliable sense of right. With no shared animal or sign underneath, the affection has to be earned on purpose rather than assumed, but the two gifts can genuinely complement each other once trust is built.
In bed, Rat/Cancer loves protectively and forgets nothing while Dog/Taurus loves slow, warm, and for keeps, and the two temperaments warm to each other once trust is earned. The Crab brings feeling; the Dog brings steady, loyal devotion. At 78-83%, with nothing shared on paper, the intimacy is built rather than assumed. The risk: the Rat cools when cornered and the Dog frets over what might go wrong, so reassurance matters more than heat.
Cancer talks in feelings more than facts, while Taurus talks plainly and hates to be rushed, and the Rat in one is clever where the Dog in the other is loyal. Nothing here is automatic, so listening has to be a choice rather than a reflex until the pattern becomes familiar.
Friction shows when the Rat calculates a shade too coldly when cornered and the Dog frets and turns anxious over what might go wrong, with no shared manners and no common animal instinct to smooth it over. Without a shared script, small misunderstandings can read as bigger signals than they are, so plain talk matters more here than in a pairing with common ground.
What one lacks, the other tends to supply: Rat/Cancer's charming streak balances against Dog/Taurus's principled one, and the gap between Cancer and Taurus gives both a genuinely new angle instead of an echo. Growth here comes from curiosity about the difference, not comfort in the familiar.
At 78-83%, Rat/Cancer and Dog/Taurus are strong compatibility. A true cross pairing, nothing assumed and nothing shared going in, so what this becomes depends on the effort both sides put into learning a language neither one speaks by default.